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10 Jul 2009, 4:45 am

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I just use Aspie. If I have to use Aspergers, I pronounce it as Asberjers...

... and mispronounce it in two places.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictiona ... 20syndrome

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10 Jul 2009, 4:44 pm

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Then I use Ass Burgers to refer to the fast food chain I'm opening with some of my Aspie friends. Our burgers are made of the finest donkey rump.

hahahahaha, that made my day

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11 Jul 2009, 4:41 am

Yes, I would consider that somewhat offensive. Dr. Hans Asperger was Austrian so 'Asperger's' doesn't precisely translate, by pronunciationg, into English. I've heard various ways, such as with the 'soft' j sound - that's fine.

I am HFA/Aspie, dual Dx. Do you all refer to yourselves as 'Aspies?' That's find & considered acceptable. Personally, I do refer to myself as Autistic too. I call myself an Autist probably since I have a high genetic propensity to Autism and Autist is an all-inclusive term - I like it!

Ok, those cartoon are cute!

I think having a sense of humor is good.....but I wouldn't ever tease or purposely call Asperger's something else. I don't mind being Autistic so Autist is perfectly ok for me.

Regional too, I suppose. 'Autie' is ok but not inclusive of AS.

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11 Jul 2009, 6:49 am

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bdhkhsfgk wrote:

It annoys me that people can't get it thru their skulls that it's ASPERGERS, and not *ssburgers. I think they try to be annoying, but i don't mind to much.

It annoys me that people can't get it through their skulls that it's "Asperger's", and not "Aspergers". I think they try to be annoying, but I don't mind to much.

Hans Asperger was Austrian, and thus a German speaker, and in German apostrophes are not used like in English... so 'Aspergers' is indeed correct.

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15 Jul 2009, 1:43 am

Henriksson wrote:

lau wrote:

bdhkhsfgk wrote:

It annoys me that people can't get it thru their skulls that it's ASPERGERS, and not *ssburgers. I think they try to be annoying, but i don't mind to much.

It annoys me that people can't get it through their skulls that it's "Asperger's", and not "Aspergers". I think they try to be annoying, but I don't mind to much.

Hans Asperger was Austrian, and thus a German speaker, and in German apostrophes are not used like in English... so 'Aspergers' is indeed correct.

Which dictionary should I find it in?

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17 Jul 2009, 10:23 pm

Online dictionaries?

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23 Jul 2009, 2:58 pm

I find it funny. My dad (undiagnosed, but definitely has it) and I will make assburger/Rain Man jokes to each other a lot.

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25 Jul 2009, 2:08 am

Makes me laughing non-stop... Haha.

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25 Jul 2009, 2:09 am

Hahahaha!! ! Can't stop laughing man!

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26 Jul 2009, 7:01 pm

Only place I've seen that was on ED. I never heard anyone say it IRL before.

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01 Aug 2009, 5:43 am

I wouldn't be surprised if shows such as South Park latched on to the pronunciation of that term.

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01 Aug 2009, 4:22 pm

It's already been used on a cartoon it's a british cartoon called stressed eric, but it had a completely different meaning and context. The main character eric's boss says "arse-burger" though. It's an old cartoon aswell from the 90s/early 00s, so it was before all this "assburger!! !" crap

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n1WfadMQfU[/youtube]
go to 1:51 (oh, embeding disabled by request, oh well just watch it on youtube)

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16 Aug 2009, 7:40 pm

I hate it when people say "ass burgers" or what ever it is,

an idea i got from spectrumforums was to start pronouncing it "AsperJer's" xD:

http://www.spectrumforums.com/showthread.php?tid=468

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26 Aug 2009, 3:22 pm

Had that problem. On Youtube, unfortunately. And could you guess the nasty reply?

"**** you and your assburgers you should kill yourself"

If I have to hear those words out of someone's mouth, I will tackle them to the ground and not care that I get beaten up and in trouble. First I must find a way to get a supernove energy burst, however, because I'm weak and inactive.

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26 Aug 2009, 9:39 pm

^ Yikes, that's a brutal comment to give an Aspie.

I guess another reason why using slang terms is dangerous since this can marginalize the condition. Personally, if anyone used these slang/derogatory terms in my presence I would be UPSET too.

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16 Sep 2009, 5:31 pm

Yeah from an outside to inside it can be really irritating.
But when I was first told I had Aspergers last year, I actually heard it as "Asperger's", then I quickly came up with "Well now, I'm hungry. Let's go to town and get us some Ass Burgers".
Basically a joke to amuse myself the second I found out I guess...

But that joke wore off fast. Now if someone says it to me in sorta poking fun and stuff, I don't really like it.

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